Neelix: We've missed you, Captain.Janeway: Likewise. I'll make this brief. Your orders are to proceed to the vortex. Use whatever means necessary to fight your way past the Malon freighter. I'll stay behind in a shuttlecraft and destroy the vortex. Tuvok, I'll need a class two shuttle armed with photon torpedoes. Tom, set a course forTorres: Forget it. We're not going to let you die out here.Janeway: Have a little faith, B'Elanna. I'll have a shuttle, plenty of rations. I'll survive.Paris: Alone in the Delta quadrant? No offence, butJaneway: I've made my decision.Kim: What about us? Don't we have a say?Neelix: He's right, Captain. I'd be willing to brave this Void if it meant keeping you with us.Janeway: Tom, set a course.(Paris keeps his arms folded.)Janeway: Lieutenant, I gave you an order.Paris: I can't follow that order, ma'am.Janeway: Harry, take the helm.Kim: I'm sorry, Captain.Seven: I will not comply.EMH: What's a hologram to do?Tuvok: As you can see, you're not the only one who's had time to evaluate the past.Janeway: Yes, I can see that. You realise you could all be hanged for mutiny.? Looks like we need another option.Chakotay: We fire torpedoes the instant we cross the threshold. As the vortex begins to collapse, we jump into high warp.Janeway: There'll be a massive shock wave on our tail.Torres: I'll reinforce the aft shielding.Janeway: There's still one obstacle. The Malon.Tuvok: Antimatter waste has weakened the bulkhead surrounding their cargo hold. A direct phaser strike should disable them.EMH: Poetic justice.Tuvok: Indeed.Janeway: You realise it will reduce our chance of getting through.Seven: Chance is irrelevant. We will succeed.EMH: A vote of Borg confidence. Who could argue with that?Janeway: All right. Back to your stations. Let's do it.

[Bridge]Chakotay: Tuvok.[Briefing room]Chakotay: I need your advice.Tuvok: A first.Chakotay: Look, I realise we're not exactly best friends. From day one, we've kept each other at arm's length. But I've always respected your judgment and right now, I could use a little Vulcan clarity.Tuvok: Proceed.Chakotay: It's the Captain. As you may have noticed, she's isolated herself from the crew.Tuvok: She believes that she made an error in judgment four years ago. That she's responsible for stranding Voyager in the Delta Quadrant.Chakotay: She told you?Tuvok: No. I've been observing her behaviour for the past four years. Guilt has been her constant companion.Chakotay: You've known her longer than anyone. Have you ever seen her like this?Tuvok: Only once. It was during her first year as a Commander on the USS Billings. She sent an away team to survey a volcanic moon. Their shuttle was damaged by a magma eruption and three crew members were severely injured. The next day she returned to the moon alone to complete the survey. She wanted the crew to know that their suffering had not been in vain. She could have been killed.Chakotay: Seeking redemption.Tuvok: Precisely. Captain Janeway's methods are unorthodox. It is her strength as a leader, but unfortunately, it is also her greatest weakness.Chakotay: Stubborn as a Klingon.Tuvok: To put it mildly.Chakotay: If she tries something like that again I want to be ready and I'm going to need your support.